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= E. lehmannii subsp. parallela x E. sporadica hybrid.

F1 of voucher specimen D.Nicolle 3576.

Mallee 4 metres tall. Bark smooth throughout. Leaves glossy, light green. Single plant growing in gully in dense Dryandra and Melaleuca scrub with Eucalyptus ecostata, E. sporadica, E. preissiana subsp. preissiana, E. incrassata and E. lehmannii subsp. parallela.

Voucher specimen D.Nicolle 1127 (original + F1s).

Mallet 3 metres tall. Bark smooth, dark grey over cream. Leaves glossy, green. Growing on ironstone breakaway with Eucalyptus uncinata subsp. uncinata and E. pleurocarpa.

Voucher observation D.Nicolle 6800.

Laser height: 38.0 metres (under-crown measurement, true height potentially 5 to 10+ metres more).
Crown spread: 20.0 metres average.
Trunk circumference at breast height: 9.45 metres.
Scattered old trees in rainforest, some Casuarina.

Voucher observation D.Nicolle 7326 & M.E.French.

Erect-stemmed mallee to 6 metres tall. Growing on slight south-facing slope as emergent in heath with Eucalyptus lane-poolei, E. drummondii and E. todtiana.

Voucher observation D.Nicolle 8457.

Laser height: >18.0 metres.
Crown spread: 20.5 metres average.
Trunk circ. at 1.4 m: 13.70 metres.

A very old indigenous maternity tree (300+ years old) growing on edge of floodplain with some Eucalyptus melliodora.

Voucher specimen D.Nicolle 8022 & M.E.French.

Mallee to 5 metres tall, burnt in November 2019. Coppice growth from lignotuber dull, greyish, pruinose, well-spaced. Growing on red sandy-loam plain with Eucalyptus oleosa subsp. oleosa and E. aff. sheathiana.

Grandma Tingle

At "Ancient Empire Walk", a 450 m ground walk amongst the red tingles in the Valley of the Giants, there is one tree distinctive enough by "burls and gnarled bark" that it has received a name - Grandma Tingle.
It is the right hand side tree on the photo with multiple trees on it.

Voucher specimen D.Nicolle 6740.

Sprawling mallee shrub 0.5 metres tall. Bark smooth throughout, pale grey and tan. Leaves glossy, green. Common here as scattered plants on steep quartz slopes and ridge.

'Mt Stirling Snow Gum'. Voucher observation D.Nicolle 8260.

Gnarly tree 4 metres tall. Growing on saddle, with snow gum dominant 50 metres lower on slopes. Eucalyptus pauciflora subsp. niphophila to 25 metres tall at slightly lower elevations on steep slopes between here and Mt Buller.

Voucher specimen D.Nicolle 4805 & M.E.French.

Spreading, sprawling shrub to 2.5 metres tall, multiple stems from ground level. Lignotuber/seeder status unknown. Bark smooth throughout, grey over pale grey over cream. Leaves glossy, light green. Flowers yellow-green. Some 200+ plants here, on high granite dome in dense shrubland between granite slabs.